Paiute War

Paiute War
Part of the American Indian Wars
Numaga, war chief of the Paiute
Date 1860 Location Pyramid Lake, Nevada Result U.S. victory[1][2]
Belligerents
United States	Paiute Shoshone Bannock
Commanders and leaders
William Ormsby † John C. Hays Joseph Stewart	Numaga
Strength
207 cavalry 649 militia	~500 warriors
Casualties and losses
85 killed about 34 wounded	31 killed about 30 wounded

The Paiute War, also known as the Pyramid Lake War, Washoe Indian War and the Pah Ute War, was an armed conflict between Northern Paiutes allied with the Shoshone and the Bannock against settlers from the United States, supported by military forces. It took place in May 1860 in the vicinity of Pyramid Lake in the Utah Territory, now in the northwest corner of present-day Nevada. The war was preceded by a series of increasingly violent incidents, culminating in two pitched battles in which 79 Whites and 25 Indigenous people were killed. Smaller raids and skirmishes continued until a cease-fire was agreed to in August 1860; there was no treaty.